Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 342. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.37 gm). Struck under Gelon or Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethusa right surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer Series IXa, 222 (V98/R150); SNG ANS 76 (same dies); Randazzo 380-381 (same reverse die). VF, toned, two scratches on cheek. ($750)
From the Tony Hardy Collection.